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A glimpse of Tzu Chi's work to save the world.


Ven. Bhikkhuni Cheng Yen Venerable Master Cheng Yen (TC: 證嚴法師, PY: Zhèngyán) (11 May 1937-) is a Taiwanese Buddhist nun, teacher and philanthropist.

In 1966, Cheng Yen founded the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation
 founded Tzu Chi The Tzu Chi Foundation (Traditional Chinese: 慈濟基金會; Simplified Chinese: 慈济基金会  Foundation with the focus to help all the sentient sentient /sen·ti·ent/ (sen´she-ent) able to feel; sensitive.

sen·tient
adj.
1. Having sense perception; conscious.

2. Experiencing sensation or feeling.
 beings. What is unique about her work is the emphasis on whilehelping others we are developing our inner resource with loving kindness and compassion. When some of her followers followers

see dairy herd.
 pray for the help of the thousand arms Thousand Arms is a role-playing video game for the Sony PlayStation released by Atlus. Thousand Arms follows the goggle-sporting protagonist Meis Triumph as he chases cute girls and a dark villain across the world, eventually concluding with a classical role-playing  Goddess of Mercy, she pointed to them that 500 of the volunteers already can provide one thousand arms reaching out to help sentient beings.

The work of Tzu Chi now reaches more than 50 countries, suffering of mankind is limitless and compassion is also limitless. These are some of the pictures from our album. More in our next issue.

This Goat and her baby is made from empty plastic bottles of Yakult but the teaching behind it focuses on the beauty of being humble. The baby has to kneel down for suckling suckling

In mammals, the drawing of milk into the mouth from the nipple of a mammary gland. In human beings, it is referred to as nursing or breast-feeding. The word also denotes an animal that has not yet been weaned—that is, whose access to milk has not yet been
, then she is nurtured.

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The peacock is made from thrown away diskettes. When one is on the "up" of life one needs to be colourful, but on the "downward" one must accept reality and act accordingly.

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Our group 45 in all posed for a group picture the background is Ven. Bhikkhuni Cheng Yen's shrine hall in Hua Lien.

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Children also like to get involve in recycling.

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Physically Crippled and deformed by with a big generous heart.

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Every member can be involved in giving a hand in recycling process.

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Publication:Yasodhara-Newsletter on International Buddhist Women's Activities
Date:Oct 1, 2005
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